Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...interesting to talk to the German wounded prisoners of whom I have had quite a number. They all feel that the war is over and they seem very glad of it. They realize how much they have been deceived by their superiors regarding the fighting strength of the Americans...
...good chance to observe. In many of the towns things are being cleared up by the returning civilian and French engineer units, roads put back in shape, bridges being rebuilt, etc., so that they are less depressing in appearance than a town is when first taken back--after German habitation and allied bombardment. The country roads, too, are now in good shape, but everywhere there are signs of recent battle...
...German people, be hard!" exclaims Hindenberg. That is the ultimate appeal, but a people that has been fed on military victory does not cheerfully accustom itself to a diet of defeat. That was not the way Hindenberg himself talked six months ago when he boasted that he would be in Paris April 1 and that the war would be over in midsummer. Even he must perceive that it is no mere cloud that hangs over Germany, but the Twilight of the Gods. New York World...
...last of June, I have been in this sector, and while I cannot tell you exactly where I am, I can at least tell you that immediately north of me the Boches have been running like hell for three weeks. About midnight on the 14th of last month, the Germans started this drive in our sector, and never have I heard such a barrage. Last summer, when the section to which I was attached worked in the Verdun sector, I thought that I had never heard a barrage as intense as the French barrage of the 20th of August...
...German Dead in Piles...